Sporting fell to Racing in a match in which the Cantabrians pulled the score back after twice conceding local goals, much to the Gijón side’s dismay despite seeing an improvement in their game compared to recent games. .
The two teams are fighting for a place in the promotion play-offs, but they come to the game with conflicting feelings because while Sporting is going through its worst moment of the season, Carrera is on the rise, to the point that on the last day is the team that took the rojiblancos out of the top six positions.
The red and white came out determined to dominate the match and the first few minutes were theirs, although a heavy downpour in the minutes leading up to the start of the match caused a few losses and falls.
However, the first chance was for the visitors with a lateral foul taken by Saúl that went past Yáñez and ended up hitting the post with 17 minutes played, as Racing ended the local dominance.
Sporting took the lead on the scoreboard after some unlucky play by the Cantabrian defence, as a ball went past Nacho Martín. Ezkieta came out to clean up with his fists and in doing so collided with Mario Hernando. Both ended up on the ground and the ball at the feet of Durdjevic, who only had to push it into the back of the net.
The locals could have scored in the second, but Gaspar Campos headed the crossbar when he was in a good position to score, wasting a very clear chance to give his team peace of mind.
Karera had players in Mboula and Sangalli who tried to channel their team’s offensive actions, but in the first half the red and white defense was confident and did not give any chances.
Racing’s exit in the second half showed their determination to turn the score around and in the first 10 minutes they had more chances than they had in the entire first half, including claiming a penalty on Araña that was not awarded by the referee.
The red and white’s reply came a few minutes later with a great pass from Cote to Djurdjevic, leaving him alone against Ezkieta, but the Sportinguista striker wanted to finish first and the ball rose into the goal.
Arana secured the tie for Racing with a superb header from distance that beat Yáñez’s effort before an explosion of joy from the large presence of Cantabrian fans.
Race dominated the ball and created danger, but in a counterattack, Otero succumbed to the arrival of Cote who crossed the penalty spot where Queipo finished, and although Manu Hernando survived on the line, the ball fell at the feet of Gaspar Campos without that nothing can stop the ball from going into the back of the net.
The Gijón team again had a point in their favor, but there were many minutes left and Racing did not give up and launched the attack in everything and, as a result of their ambition, they soon achieved a new tie thanks to Arana crossing at the departure of Yáñez.
In added time, Racing got the win thanks to a penalty called by the referee after Varane handled a Grenier shot with his arm and Peque scored to give his side, who were in good shape, the three points. also. and that leaves Sporting deeply moved.
As it happened in the first round match, the two teams played an offensive match with many chances and goals in which Carrera got more from their actions, because in El Sardinero they got the victory and in El Molinón they came back to repeat the result from the same match they won 3-2.
Data sheet:
2.- Sporting: Yáñez, Pascanu, Izquierdoz, Rober Pier, Cote, Hassan (Qeipo, m.68), Nacho Martín (Christian Rivera, m.58), Nacho Méndez (Fran Villalba, m.78), Gaspar Campos ( Varane, m.78), Otero and Djurdjevic (Mario González, m.68).
3.- Career: Ezkieta, Sangalli, Manu Hernando, Germán, Saúl (Mario García, m.45), Aldasoro (Ekain, m.86), Íñigo (Morante m.45), Mboula (Batiría, m.86), Peque, Íñigo Vicente y Arana (Grenier, m.88)
Goals: 1-0, m.23: Djurdjevic; 1-1, m.62: Arana; 2-1, m.78: Gaspar Campos; 2-2, m.87: Arana; 2-3, m.96: Peque, penalty.
Referee: Archdeacon Monescillo. He sent off Izquierdoz with a straight red card (m.90) and showed yellow cards to Manu Hernando (m.13), Saúl (m.26), Germán (m.28), Nacho Martín (m.31) . Íñigo (m.39), Pascanu (m.44), Christian Rivera (m.63), Izquierdoz (m.68), Queipo (m.70) and Mario González (m.79)
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Source: La Verdad
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